Had been for a google interview in June of 2019. Was working towards that interview since Feb 2019. However I couldn't make it. A very casually put phrase is to learn from your failures. However in this particular incident, I really dont know why I failed. Was not sure what was missing. I have mustered courage to try again but I have no clue how I should change my prep strategy to get in. Currently at Amazon and there is so much internal knowledge that is available to me that I sometimes wonder I would have never known about these things until I made it in. This knowledge is nowhere to be found. I wonder what kind of knowledge is trapped behind the doors at google. Googlers, what was that moment in your prep, you knew you would get in? Any advice on how to prepare well? #google
I had faith in the sampling algorithm, that the odds would ever be in my favor
Don’t focus solely on one company..I interviewed at multiple companies recently, bombed all except G..never thought I would land there
This. Just keep at studying, improving your interview-related skills, and trying different companies.
No one knows for sure until you have paper in hand or verbal offer... and even with verbal, I've read enough Blind posts to know some are rescinded. Did you take time to prep for any behavioral?
You need luck on your side. You can be God father of algorithm design and master of system design and still no guarantee that you will clear the interview. It's actually surprising that with all this experience, you haven't yet realized the role of luck in interviews.
So much truth here.. but also enough research in the background of the company, the mission and objectives of company and the role you're trying to get (ie what big problem is it trying to solve), and also research the people who will be interviewing you. A big portion of what influences your interview is your prep work, not just technically but mentally and finding all the areas you can get an edge.
You probably have some luck factor, but some people somehow clear most if not all their interviews while other struggle a lot... It can't be all luck. Now passing interviews doesn't necessarily say your better than someone like me that usually fail, or maybe it does 🙄, but clearly it means it's not all luck, and using luck as an excuse to your failure is not going to help you improve
Do Amazon and Google value tribal knowledge?
A moment in prep that someone knows they are getting in??? I dunno, maybe stay @ amz.